Cristina Díaz, a native of Tembleque (Toledo) – still in shock after the passage of Cyclone Chido – assures that All the Spaniards he knows are fortunately fine, they have not had water or electricity for days, there are kilometer-long queues to get some food and water and looting has begun in the streets.. She explains in a voice recording sent to her family that almost the entire population of the Mayotte archipelago lives in shanties, so the destruction is maximum, and that she has been very lucky because her home is made of brick. Despite this, Cristina says that the roof of her room blew off with her inside and that she does not know when she will be able to return to Spain because the strong winds have caused the airport control tower to fall. “I thought I was dying,” he adds.
This young Spanish woman of 34 years, who lives in the French commune of Dzaoudzidescribes the chaos and uncertainty on the streets of Mayotte. “We don’t have electricity, we don’t have internet, but we have food and water,” explains Cristina Díaz from the French archipelago.
Foreign Affairs confirms that the 45 Spaniards trapped in Mayotte are fine
Foreign Affairs confirms that the 45 Spaniards registered in the Consular Registration Registry of Mayotte are out of danger. According to sources from the Ministry headed by José Manuel Albares, The Consulate in Paris has already started contacting them to be able to provide them with the assistance they need. “The Consulate General is in contact with the Spanish colony and confirms that, for the moment, everyone is fine. As soon as the airport is restored it will be possible to fly to the island of Reunion and there take commercial flights to Europe,” he says. the department of Albares.
Finally, President Macron will not participate in tomorrow’s European Council to travel to ground zero, and the president of the European Commission, Von der Leyen, assures that Brussels is ready to coordinate emergency aid at the request of France.
